480
bushels of wheat, of which 12 bushels' were the best that couldbe procured in tlie London market of. crop 1783, 30 bushelswere from East Lotbiah of crop 1783, 6 bushels the bestwheat in the London market of 'crop 1782, and 6 bushelsproduced near Edinburgh in that year 1782. It must be re-marked, that 1782 was a season generally unfavourable toraising wheat in perfection, but that in 1783 the grain wassound and of good quality. The field on which these par-cels of wheat were sown had been well fallowed, was equallymanured with dung, and the whole of these seeds were sownin the beginning of October, all of them having been washedin strong brine, and afterwards dried with powdered quick-lime. The English seed of crop 1783 was sown on one sideof the field ; three bushels of the Mid-Lothian seed of crop1782 were sown on the next three ridges ; to this succeededthe English seed of crop 1782; then the East-Lothian wheatof crop 1783 ; and, lastly, the remaining three bushels ofMid-Lothian seed crop 1782.
“ The field being all in good Condition, the wheat appear-ed early above ground, and the shoots were every wherestrong, except on those ridges which were sown with the Mid-Lothian seed of crop 1782, on which .the plants were weakand not very numerous; neither did these spread or tillerlike the others; so that during the winter and spring months,the wheat on these ridges had a weak appearance; in har-vest the straw was thin and short, and the ears were shortand small, the grain likewise being not so large or heavy ason other .parts of the field. On being threshed and mea-sured, the produce of the 12 bushels of seed, crop 1782, boththe London and the Mid-Lothian taken together, was only66 bushels, or after one. The produce of the rest of thefield was fully 15 bushels for every bushel of seed. The dif-ference in value was also considerable, as the produce of theseed from crop 1782 sold almost a shilling the bushel lowerthan the other.”